Improved window-scrubber



B. F. BURG-ESS, JR., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent 1Y0.l 80,33, dated July 28, 1868.

IMPROVED WINDOW-SCRUBBER alle rlgshnlmfetrrh vtu in tlgese tetttr ntmtmit mating part nf tige Same.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, B. BURGESS, Jr., of Boston, in the county fofkSuffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improvedWindow-Wiper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled inthe art to make and u'se the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates'to a new and improved method for cleaningwindows, and it'consists in arranging on a handle (of any desiredlength) a revolving frame, made of tin or other suitablematerial,andattaching rollers thereto, on which wiping or washing-cloths arewound and unwound,as will be hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, showing the wire frame, whichforms the pivot or rod for.the revolving frame -to turn lcin-and alsothe revolving frame attached thereto, and the crank by which the shaftis turned, upon which the wiping-cloth is rolled. l A A Y Figure 2 is acrosshsection of iig. 1, through the line :t qs.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

A is the handle, which may be of any desired length-` 5 B is the wireframe, to which the handle is attached by a shank, as seen.

C isa frame, constructed of tin or other suitable material. It isVrectangularA in shape, with perforations 'through its sides forlightening it. Y i l The wire frame B extends through it, and forms abearing., D, upon whcih the frame revolves, as seen in the drawing.

One, side of the frame C is covered with a wash-cloth, which cloth issecured to the side bydetachable elastic bands, e, or by any othersuitabl'e method. The other side of C is 4rst covered with a rubber orelastic fabric or padding, d, seen in yellow color in g. 2. Over thisthe wipingwlothf is drawn.

This cloth is attached to and rolled around a shaft, z', which passeslongitudinally throughthe frame, to one end of which shaft the crankA g,by which'the shaft is rotated, is attached. l

The other end of the cloth is attached to the central rod D of thesupporting'frarnc B, and is arranged so that when it rolls on to one rodor shaft, it unrolls'from the other, and 'Dice versa. 'This winding andu'nwindingon and oil' the shaftz' is done by the crank g. The slack istaken up and wound around the rod D by turningfthe frame on the rod. I

y Theclotlnf, may be of any desired length, and is unrolled from z' androlled `on to D as fast as the'surface gets soiled or Vdirty by contactwith the window. i

llhe cloth upon the other side of C, which is secured by the elasticbands @,'vmay'bc exchanged for chamoisskin or any other article fordrying and polishing the glass.

. The window-wiper is adapted to inside as well as outside cleaning ofwindows, audits advantages over all other methods will be apparent toall at a glance.

I claim. as new,"and desire to secure by Letters Paten't- Awindow-wiper, constructed substantially as described, that, is, by thecombination ofthe supportingframe B and the rotating frame C, arrangedsubstantially as shown, whereby the cloth is att-ached'to the frame, andoperated as and for the purposes described.

B. F. BURGESS, JR. Witnesses ALvEnDo MASON,-

BARNARD Sworn.

